Striking plate for cars



June 28,- 1927' B. F. FuNcE ET AL 163'3934 STRIKING PLATE FOR GARS Filed June 1, 1 925 CII Patented June 28, 1927.

l l 1,633,934 etereo STATES @PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN 1F. FAUNCE, 0F WESTMONT, AND HENRY C. DORRIS, OF JOHNSTOW, PENN- SYLVANIA,YASSIGNVORS 'IO` BETI-ILEHEM STEEL COMPANY. i

STRIKING PLATE FiOR CARS.

Application led .Tune 1, 1925. Serial No. 33,968.

Our invention relates to railway cars, and more particularly to the striking plate and isdesigned to cheapen and strengthenthe end structure of the carV against which the rear side ofthe draw bar. head contacts to absorb the shocks and stresses and limit the return movement of the draw bar when the ends of cars are pushed together.

Heretofore it has been customary to make striking plates of cast metal. which required the making of a new mold for each casting. Thesecastings are sometimes defective' on account of blow holes, sand holes. or imperfeet pouring, and have to be scrapped. Castings are also moreor less rough when they are removed from the molds and have to be trimmed` or finished in order to make a smooth surface whe-re they are attached to the car and to remove. any surplus metal from'the sides or edges of the casting, all` of which takes time and is expensive.

To obviate'this difficulty of making` castings and reduce the cost of production, we propose to make our striking plate of a. flat rolled plate of metal, which is cut to the desired size and shape and then pressed into the required form between forging dies.

. lVith this object in view., our invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination, and arrangements of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Having thus given a general-description of our invention, we will now, in order to make the same more clear, refer to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate like parts.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of our improved striking plate with enough of the end sill of the car to which it s attached to illustrate the application of our invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of that portion of th-e end of a car shown in Fig. 1;

3 is a sectional viewv taken on the line IIL-HI of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of our improved striking plate detached;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view ofthe striking plate taken on the line V-V of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the striking plate.

` Referring to the drawings more in detail, y10 indicates the center or draft sill and 11 the end sill ofthe car. The striking plate .of the same.

12 is securedto. the central front face of the sill 11.

The striking plate 12 is of an inverted approximately Ushaped form and it is pressed orforged from a flat rolled plate of metal. It has a vertical portion 13 and rivet. holes 14 therein which register with rivet holes in the end sills for the rivets 15, by vmeans of which the striking plate is attached to the end sill.

The striking plate 12 isfurther provided with an outwardly pressed abutment-16, againstwhich the rear face'l o f the draw bar head engages to limit inward movement Thisv abutment has inclined end walls 18and top and bottomfwvall's 19 and 20. The plate is stiffened by depressing thel metal to form channels 21 in the rear face thereof. The, channels 21l open to and extend laterallyfrom the` recess that is formed whenl depressing Ithe metal to form low the end Sill with flanges 23 and 24 on their inner and lower edges, respectively, between which is a draw-bar opening 25 for the shank ofthe draw-bar. 26 indicates the carry-iron having its ends riveted to the lower vflange 24 of the side extension of the striking plate and its central portion upwardly offset upon which the shank of the draw-bar is adapted to be slidably sup- '9:

ported.

The draft sills 10 are reinforced on their top ends by means of a tie plate 27 and between the'same by a bent U-shaped plate 28, the central portion of which is in horizontal alignment with the bottom wall 2O of the abutment 16.

VIt will be noted, by referring to the drawings, that our striking plate may be pressed up by one operation out of a single flat piece of rolled plate, and that it may be easily and quickly attached to the end sill of a car.

While we have shown our invention in but one form, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited7 but is susceptible ot various other changes and moditications without departing from the spirit thereot, and we desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall be placed thereupon as are imposed by the prioi art or as are speciieally set torth in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A pressed steel striking plate for the end sill ot a railway car comprising a h0rizontal body portion and a pair of integral laterally-extending leg portions, said body portion havingan uninterrupted substantially rectangular' recess dished in one tace thereot and also having a laterally-disposed chanvnel open to said recess and sloping from the bottom ot said recess to the normal plane of the plate, said leg portions having flanges at their inner and bottom marginal edges which extend at right lines from the face of said leg portions in the general direction of said dished portion.

2. A pressed metal striking plate tor the end sill ot a railway car comprising a horie zontal body portion and a pair of integral laterally extending leg portions, said body portion having an uninterrupted substantially rectangular recess dished in one tace thereof and also having a laterally-disposed channel open to said recess and sloping from the bottom of said recess to the normal plane of the plate, the side walls ot said channel converging towards each othei, said leg portions having flanges at their inner and bottom marginal edges which extend at right lines Ytrom the face ot the leg portions in the generL l direction ot .said dished portion.

3. In combination, a pressed metal striking plate tor thevend sill ot a railway car having a horizontal body portion and a pair oli' integral laterally-extending leg portions, said body portion having an uninterrupted substantially rectangular recess with inclined end walls (lished in one tace thereof and also having a laterally-disposedchannel open to said recess and sloping from the bottom ot said recess to the normal plane of the plate, said leg portions having flanges at their inner and bottoni marginal edges .which extend at right lines from the face Oli' said leg portions in the general direction of said dished portion, and a bottom cross member having its terminal portions se cured to the leg'portions and its intermediate portion oitset to tit therebetween.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto affix my my signature this 18th day of May, 1925.

BENJAMIN F. FAUNCE.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my f 

